Russian officials aren’t engaging in the Paris Agreement on climate change, which might not be a bad sign, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change Jonathan ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Jonathan C. Pershing is a Special Envoy for Climate Change in the Department of State with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997 Forum as a ...

The Obama administration is moving quickly to replace a new senior climate change negotiator with an Energy Department official who appears to be more of an analyst and researcher than a ...

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — The outgoing U.S. climate envoy says China and other countries will stay committed to the Paris Agreement on climate change, regardless of what the next U.S. administration ...

When President Biden took office, a veteran diplomat with experience leading the fight on climate change agreed to return to Washington. Jonathan Pershing has served under four presidents. He was a ...

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - China should roughly halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to keep the world on a safe climate path, the head of the U.S. delegation at U.N. climate talks in ...

As the world prepares for crucial climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month, there is a growing rift between the United States and some of the world's poorest nations. The gap grew wider this past ...

In 2015, the world came together to achieve the landmark Paris climate agreement. But in 2016, Donald Trump’s ascendency to the U.S. presidency stunned the world, as he promised to withdrew the U.S.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday U.N. climate talks were making less progress than hoped because of a rift over poorer nations' emission goals, and that other avenues ...